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BOOKWORM REVIEW: Forget Me Not by Julie Soto

 

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
SPICE: 🔥🔥🔥

Ama subscribes to the philosophy of "those who refuse to marry plans them." It's a good thing that she happens to be an excellent wedding planner. When the perfect opportunity to skyrocket her small wedding-planning business lands on her lap, it comes with a steep price: To work with her ex Elliott, whom she has avoided since they split two years ago.

Grumpy Elliott is not too happy with the arrangement -- pun intended -- either. Or much about his life for that matter. He inherited his father's floral business and had to abandon his dream of becoming an architect. Now he has to work with the woman who shattered his heart.

This was a great second-chance romance read. I love the adversarial-to-romance arc that Ama and Elliott go through, even though it took a while to get there. I just don't mean slow burn, but it takes a long minute for the characters to engage as we get the full scoop of their history. When it does get to that point, we hit the ground running. 

I really like the main characters, though Elliott does give me pause sometimes with his grumpiness. (WHO IN THE WORLD HATES DONUTS?). But I am soft when it comes to Mentos MMCs - broody guys with a squishy inside, and Elliott is the best of them. 

As a Type-A personality, I felt really drawn to their struggles with commitment and lack of control. I love their own personal journeys as well as the development of their relationship. That is really the star of this read, even though I also enjoyed the other components.

** I am voluntarily reviewing an advance copy of this book. Thank you to Julie Soto, Forever, and NetGalley for providing an ARC. **

ABOUT THE BOOK

An ambitious wedding planner must work with her grumpy florist ex, whose heart she broke, on the most high-profile wedding of her career, in this spicy and emotional romance from popular fanfic author Julie Soto.

He loves me; he loves me not... 

Ama Torres loves being a wedding planner. But with a mother who has been married more times than you can count on your fingers, Ama has decided that marriage is not the route for her. But weddings? Weddings are amazing. As a small business owner, she knows how to match her clients with the perfect vendor to give them the wedding of their dreams. Well, almost perfect…

Elliot hates being a florist, most of the time. When his father left him the flower shop, he considered it a burden, but he’s stuck with it. Just like how he’s stuck with the way he proposed to Ama, his main collaborator and girlfriend (or was she?) two years ago. But flowers have grown on him, just like Ama did. And flowers can’t run off and never speak to him again, like Ama did. 

When Ama is hired to plan a celebrity wedding that will bring her business national exposure, there's a catch: Elliot is already contracted to design the flowers. Things are not helped by the two brides, who see the obvious chemistry between Ama and Elliot and are determined to set them up, not knowing their complicated history. Add in a meddling ex-boss, and a reality TV film crew documenting every step of the wedding prep, and Ama and Elliot's hearts are not only in jeopardy again, but this time, their livelihoods are too.


MEET JULIE SOTO

Originally from Sacramento, Julie spent many years bouncing between New York and California before eventually settling in coastal Fort Bragg, CA. A theatre and fandom nerd, Julie can tell you the name of any Buffy episode if you pick a number 1-7, and another 1-22.

With her Bichon-Poodle brother, Charlie, she spends her days writing Contemporary Romance, Rom-Coms, and Contemporary YA—often with a Jane Austen movie adaptation on in the background.

As a playwright, Julie's musical Generation Me won the 2017 New York Musical Festival's Best Musical award, as well as Best Book for Julie's work on the script.

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